Wednesday, October 31, 2012

As crews continue the recovery effort in the aftermath of Sandy, Governor Chris Christie has postponed Halloween in New Jersey.
Christie signed an executive order which postponed Halloween celebrations across New Jersey until Monday, November 5. (Via NBC)

Thursday, October 18, 2012

The editors rightfully
point out that Romney’s foreign policy views would take us closer to another
ill-fated foreign excursion, this time into Iran.

They rightfully point
out that Mitt Romney’s social views are murky, incoherent and inconsistent at
best.

They rightfully point
out that Romney’s economic plans are dangerously opaque and the math simply
does not add up.

And then,
inexplicably, they end their review of the choices in this election by saying
voters should choose Mitt Romney.

The Tennessean’s
editors seem to think that we should reward the Republican Party’s well
documented and patterned efforts of obstructionism by handing them the White
House for the next four years. This is the political equivalent of giving an
unruly child a treat for misbehaving. They absolve the GOP of any wrong-doing
in the health care debate, despite the President supporting centrist reforms
largely modeled on the plan passed by his Republican challenger in
Massachusetts.

The Tennessean’s
editors also wonder aloud if the President should have pursued policies that
would grow jobs and cut the deficit. Only a small fringe of Ayn Randian
acolytes view these two options as compatible. Nearly a century of economic theory backs up the Keynesian economic model of using the borrowing power of
the government to replace lost GDP. Additionally, there is no path to budget
solvency that does not include an increase in revenues – something the
Republican Party and Mitt Romney have pledged they will never – ever –
entertain the possibility of.

The Tennessean also
neglects to point out that the Republicans have blocked the President’s
American Jobs Act of 2011, which the Washington Post reported is “still the
best — and most detailed — plan on the table to create jobs.”

The truth that the
Tennessean's editors fail to see, is that the President has shown extraordinary
leadership in extraordinary times, and Tennessee is better off for it.

Because of the
President’s leadership, Tennessee received $500 million for the Race to the Top
program that is improving Tennessee’s public education system.

Because of the President’s
leadership, the American Auto Industry is alive, and at least 1,000 Tennesseans
have good paying jobs in Maury County because the President didn’t think that
“letting Detroit go bankrupt” – as Mitt Romney hoped for – was a viable option.

Because of the
President’s leadership, hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans will have access
to health care coverage, and will no longer be discriminated against because of
pre-existing conditions or gender.

For these reasons and
countless others, President Obama clearly has earned another four years,
whether the Tennessean’s editors see it or not.